Question about Firewall...

My Firewall page in "About this Mac" under Network - says simply "all incoming connections allowed. There is nothing else on the page and no allowed way of making changes.
Is this correct? Should the page be this way?

Reason I'm looking at all this is because Safari 4 has made wholesale changes to my network somehow and i can't get onto secured pages like bank sites, credit card sites, etc.

It can be like that. Mine isn't set like that (I only permit certain applications) and it is up to you if want all connections to be allowed.

That setting should have no bearing on you accessing those pages through Safari. What is the error message?

So far as Safari 4 goes....

I'm not really getting an error message as much as I'm experiencing being locked out of certain pages. I've seen on other forums where people are having this problem with Safari 4 and no one seems to have an answer.

It appears to be pages that require a sign-on like bank sites, credit card sites, Facebook, Myspace, etc.

farmcock said:

I'm not really getting an error message as much as I'm experiencing being locked out of certain pages.

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Locked out how? Is the page just not loading? Any messages?

the pages won't load.....

they will simply sit there churning away until they timeout. My outgoing Mail server is messed up as well. Other web pages such as newspapers or news sites all work fine. I think Safari 4 caused something to get set wrong when it installed. Can't get any help from Apple since my Applecare expired in Jan.

Two suggestions:

1. Create another account as a test, log on and launch Safari. Are you having the same problem?

2. For the time being, download and install Firefox. Use it until you get the problem with Safari 4 fixed. Download from here.

Let us know.

Regards.

I already downloaded Firefox....

it didn't work either. It's as if the Safari 4 download changed something in the Network settings. I don't know enough about them to test anything.

So far as the new account, please explain what you mean there. Thanks.

Here you go.

And to change Firewall settings, go into System Preferences>Security>Firewall and make you changes, if any, there. Personally use 'allow all' but then again do not go to sites that may make the machine likely to attack.